About the Authors

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); kmurray@bcm.edu (KOM)

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Kristy O. Murray

hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); kmurray@bcm.edu (KOM)

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.